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LOIS WEBER
1879-1939
BIO EXCERPT
In 1914, a year in which she helmed 27 movies, Weber co-directed William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1914) with
Smalley, who also played Shylock, making her the first woman to direct a feature-length film in the US.
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(Jeanie Macpherson, who would play a major role in cinema as Cecil B. DeMille's favorite screenwriter, also acted in
the film).
In the spirit of her evangelism, she began directing, writing and then producing films of social import, dealing with
such themes as abortion, alcoholism, birth control, drug addiction and prostitution.
By 1916 she had established herself as the top director at Universal Film Manufacturing (now Universal Studios), the top
studio in America at the time, making her the highest-paid director in the world. The following year she formed Lois Weber
Productions.
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2020 HONOREE: LOIS WEBER SPIRIT AWARD-WENDY KEELING
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Wendy Keeling is an award-winning actor, artist, director, and producer based in Florida. She began as a theatrical actor
at a young age and has been involved with the film industry since 2004.
After working freelance production for several years in Nashville, Tn, Wendy started producing original content with her
company 7 Mile Bridge Productions. Her short films have won many awards on the festival circuit. For many years Wendy has
been working as a programmer, screener, and juror for film festivals. She is also a Co-Founder and Creative Director of the
Loudoun Arts Film Festival in Virginia.
In addition to her work with festivals and behind the camera, Wendy is a talented character actor that can be seen in
many films and commercials. Most recently she can be seen in the films Clown College, Don't Run, and Tales from Parts Unknown.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3900272/
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PAST PARTUM
Directed by WENDY KEELING
Family Thriller Drama
When a 10 year old boy interviews his imprisoned great-grandmother for a school project, he discovers the real reason
for his mother's failing health: his baby sister.
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CLOWN COLLEGE
Directed by WENDY KEELING
Horror, Dark Comedy
About a coed overcoming the memories of an overbearing father.
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VIDEO MESSAGE FROM LESLIE ANN COLES-2017 RECEIPIENT
IMDB For Lorraine's Filmography
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2019 HONOREE-CATHY LEE CRANE
Writer-Director-Producer
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THE MANHATTAN FRONT
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Cathy Lee Crane has been making narrative/documentary hybrid films on 16mm since 1994. She received the Guggenheim Fellowship
in 2013 for her lyrical re-combinations of archival and staged material.
Her first feature Pasolini's Last Words (2012) was supported through grants from the New York State Council on the Arts
and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Film. The film enjoyed its world premiere at the Montreal Festival
du Nouveau Cinema as a "gem of world cinema" in the Panorama International section. The film was released on DVD
by Salzgeber in late 2014.
Her award-winning short films have been broadcast on European television and are distributed by Canyon Cinema and Lightcone.
In addition to her short work in 16mm, she produced the experimental biography Unoccupied Zone: The Impossible Life of Simone
Weil (2006) that was funded by an Individual Media Artist Grant from the San Francisco Film Commission in 2001 and is distributed
in North America by Films Media Group.
She has collaborated as projection designer and cinematographer for Joanna Haigood, Harun Farocki, and Strom/Carlson and
was commissioned by Aurora Picture Show in Houston to premiere her own installation work for the gallery in 2015. Crane received
the first North American survey of her work at LA Filmforum in March 2011 while an Artist-in-Residence in the Directing Program
at California Institute of the Arts.
She was also invited to screen her complete works at the National Gallery of Art in 2015 as part of the American Originals
Now series. She is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Cinema, Photography and Media Arts at Ithaca College.
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